Computer-Managed
Locks Limit Access to Computer Labs,
Bookstore, Game Room
FORESTVILLE, CONN. - January
6, 2005 - IR Security & Safety Electronic Control Systems today announced
that California Baptist University is using Schlage computer-managed (CM) locking
systems to secure several computer labs, the campus bookstore, and a game room.
The 82-acre Riverside, Calif. campus serves nearly 3,000 students.
Schlage CM standalone locking products provide features found traditionally
with online, networked systems. Whatever the credential used, a user-friendly
software programs the locks, access trim, and offline hard-wired controllers,
which manage strikes and magnets, from a laptop or PDA. New users, access points
and access privileges can be entered into the system in seconds. They also provide
an audit trail capability.
"We were looking for a locking system that would let us maintain a schedule
of when people could enter and have control over who did enter," explains
Jim Amrine, Assistant Manager of Energy and Controls at the university. "We
have CM locks installed on computer labs, at the entrance to the bookstore,
and in the game room."
Staff and authorized students access the locks with their campus ID cards, which
contain a magnetic stripe. The locks are programmed with a handheld PDA.
Not only have the CM locks eliminated the hassle of rekeying associated with
mechanical keys, but they have saved the university in other ways as well.
"We've eliminated alarms that were monitored at a central location,"
Amrine reports. "We just got rid of that expense and complication. The
CM locks enabled us to do that."
University staff also like the audit trail capability of the CM locks. Knowing
who has accessed a particular lock, and when, has helped resolve security issues
on campus.
"I think that there's a sense of comfort and security with the CM locks,"
Amrine adds. "The people who are responsible for the areas where they are
installed certainly like them."
California Baptist University officials plan to eventually transfer their existing
CM locks to an older building, where hardwiring locks is not feasible, and replace
the present CM locks with hardwired Schlage VIP locks. The VIP open architecture
platform will let the University seamlessly connect the specially designed door
lock to a panel interface board (PIB) that connects to their present Geoffrey
access control system.
IR Security & Safety's Electronic Control Systems
Since 1969, IR Security & Safety's Electronic Control Systems has provided
premium electronic access control and biometric solutions from the leading brands
in the industry-Recognition Systems, Schlage, Locknetics, Von Duprin, and LCN.
Products include hand and fingerprint readers, electromagnetic locks, open architecture
and wireless locks and exit trims, electromechanical locks and strikes, electrical
and electronic exit devices, power supplies, monitoring consoles and controllers.
IR Security & Safety serves an international clientele of security professionals
and their customers from its headquarters in Forestville, Connecticut and Campbell,
California, where products are manufactured. From within the US, contact us
at our toll free numbers 866-322-1237 (CT) or 866-681-2480 (CA) or visit us
on the web: www.irsecurityandsafety.com, or www.recogsys.com.
For a downloadable, high-resolution photograph of a CM lock, go to www.brighamscully.com and click Photographs/IR Security & Safety.
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